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influence on Bhedābhedas

The main religious inspirations are from the theistic tradition of the Azhvar poet-saints and their commentators known as the
Acharyas, who sought to combine knowledge with action (karma) as the right means to liberation. There is also, besides the Vedic tradition, the religious tradition of
Agamas, particularly of the Pancharatra literature. It is within this old tradition that...